Birds, Beasts, and Relatives

by Gerald Durrell

Overview

Volume two in Gerald Durrell's Corfu Trilogy, which was the inspiration for the Masterpiece PBS series The Durrells in Corfu.

Part coming-of-age autobiography and part nature guide, Gerald Durrell’s dazzling sequel to My Family and Other Animals is based on his boyhood on Corfu, from 1933 to 1939. Originally published in 1969 but long out of print, Birds, Beasts, and Relatives is filled with charming observations, amusing anecdotes, boyhood memories, and childlike wonder.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780142004401
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	06/29/2004
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	144,471
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.76(h) x 0.59(d)
Age Range:	18 - 17 Years

About the Author

Gerald Durrell was a British naturalist, writer, zookeeper, conservationist, and television presenter born in Jamshedpur, India, in 1925. A student of zoology, he founded the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust on the Channel Island of Jersey. He wrote many books about his life as an animal collector and enthusiast, the most famous being My Family and Other Animals, which was the inspiration for the Masterpiece PBS series The Durrells in Corfu. He passed away in 1995.

Table of Contents

Birds, Beasts, and RelativesConversation

Part One: PERAMA
1. The Christening
2. The Bay Of Olives
3. The Myrtle Forests

Part Two: KONTOKALI
4. The Pygmy Jungle
5. Cuttlefish And Crabs
Interlude For Spirits
6. The Olive Merry-Go-Round
7. Owls And Aristocracy

Part Three: CRISEDA
8. Hedgehogs And Sea-Dogs
9. The Talking Head
10. The Angry Barrels

Epilogue

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